Friday 22 November 2013

Potential Cover Lines and Banners for my Magazine

Every single magazine cover I have looked at features appropriate cover lines for the magazine's target audience - regardless of whether it is a mainstream magazine featuring Hollywood blockbusters or an independent magazine featuring low budget British films.



Cover lines are something audiences expect to find on a magazine cover so I will include them on mine. I ideally want to do a Horror movie special edition of a mainstream magazine, so I have thought of potential cover lines that reference horror.

I would  like to include two cover lines which reference old horror films (as this is a horror special) with one of them in a circular banner. I would also like to include a banner at the top, near the masthead with Ultimate Horror Special inside it (in contrasting colours). I want everything else referenced to be horror films that are coming out around the same time, autumn 2013.

1. Exclusive Interview with the Master of Horror - John Carpenter (possibly in a circular banner) - included as this is a horror special and he may have a new film to promote
2. Behind the Scenes - On Set with the Cast of "The Evil Dead" - included as "The Evil Dead" is a recent horror film
3. Jamie Lee Curtis VS Sissy Spacek - Battle of the Scream Queens! - included as it is a horror special and it will help promote the remake of "Carrie"
4. The Top 10 Gothic Horror Films
5. Michael Myers Unmasked! - a special feature on the "Friday the 13th" franchise
6. "Carrie" - Chloe Grace Moretz - Reinventing "Carrie" for a New Generation - included as "Carrie" is a new horror release
7. "The Conjuring" - James Wan - Horror Maestro Returns with "Insidious: Chapter 2" and "The Conjuring" - included as the director has two new films from the genre coming out
8. Names of horror films to appear as separate cover lines - "You're Next", "Random", "Haunt", "Paranormal Activity 5", "The Amityville Horror: The Lost Tapes", "Ghosts" - included as magazine cover lines are often simply the names of forthcoming films. All of these films are from the horror genre
9. Battle of the Horror Film Franchises - "Saw" vs "Scream"

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